Fourteenth Stephenson County Fair Opens And Shines
The Stephenson County Agricultural Society held its fourteenth annual Exhibition at new Walnut Street grounds. A large crowd attended as stock entries neared 600, premiums were awarded, races held, and facilities expanded, with praise for grounds, track work, and diverse displays despite space limits.
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Stephenson County Agricultural Society
Walnut Street
Mechanics Hall
Floral Hall
Fall Election Dates by State and Offices
List of states with election dates in October and November including Pennsylvania Iowa Ohio Maryland New Jersey Kansas New York Massachusetts Minnesota and Wisconsin. Offices span governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general state legislature and constitutional amendments where noted.
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Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Iowa
Ohio
New Jersey
Kansas
New York
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Diverse 19th Century News Snippets Across Places
A rapid round of brief items: Sir Frederick Bruce dies in Boston. Irish land halt cultivation since 1860. mill strike in Pittsburg fails. Germans in Nashville organize immigration. American cars to run London-Liverpool rail route. Timothy grass in Mississippi swamps. Blondin exits Brussels. Liszt may tour the U.S. New York police 2066 strong. Milwaukee to gain Lake Michigan park. Dickens on U.S. tour seven months. gum manufactory in Podunk, MA. Texas beef 3.5¢/lb. Chautauqua banditti. Iowa corn 8¢/bushel. new-crop cotton at ports. Amherst hazing halted. female suffrage termed Antis in Kansas. Prussian force up 190k since 1860. Ohio hosts reported. Tom Taylor, 42, stylish at Clapham Junction. Dr Hall on marriage and widowhood halo. Augusta, Me. territorial expanse 55+ square miles. Disabled veteran with hand organ nets $90 in a day on Washington St. Florida rainy season noted by Tallahassee Floridian. Grindell training Weston Portland to Chicago. Philadelphia printers form free library movement. Rochester woman arrested smuggling silks and jewelry from Canada. Italian brigand leader vows to halt cholera by destruction. Peoria Transcript reports Patrick Tracy robs an elderly woman in Rick ets Hollow. bail set at $2,000.
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Pittsburg
Nashville
London
Liverpool
Timothy
Mississippi
Blondin
Brussels
Liszt
New York
Grindell
Weston
Portland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Rochester
Canad
Italy
Peoria Transcript
Patrick Tracy
Rickets Hollow
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E. C. Depuy
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C. J. Fry
C. H. Furry
C. D. Blanchand
Daniel Anthony
Mr. Anthony
F. Baker
G. Vought
Wm. Dawson
J. Woodside
W. J. Beebe
Chester
Mr. Vought
Berkshire
W. L. Beebe
John Shimmin
O. E. Stearns
F. Crowden
J. A.johnston
J. Barfoot
Abe
W. W. Hamilton
Flora
KE. L. Conkrite
Young Democrat
R. Donnelly
Shas
Saxby
I. Miller
W.J. Barnes & Co
F. Springer
Burchard & Bro
T. M. Wilson
John Montelius
Jere Pattison
Perking & Roosa
Sunderland
McMillen, Newton & Co
J. W. Barnes & Son
Hurd & Gatliff
EF. TL. Manny
J. Klapp
Scott and Halback & Smallwood
Wilson
G. W. Wilson
Baileyville
McMillen, Newton &Co
Doors
W. W. Smythe
F. Rice
C. H. Sheetz
Motter Reineke & Co
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Emerson
Kimmert & Pattison
Emmert & Stibgen
H. C. Burchard & Bro. Bartlett Bros
G.G
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Rock Run Wood
Len Mills
J. F. Jackson
Wm. Walton
Bloomington
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Col. Montague
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A. Bellman
Clara
Stoneman
Jim
McGuire
Bay Douglas
I. H. Miller
Bell
P. R. Turneaure
Phil
J.B. Kenegy
Hector
E. L. Conkrite
Bergman
Honest Abe
Chainshot
Wm. Hodge
Bay Billy
N. I. Taylor
M. M. Sheets
EL. Sunderland
BR. V. Ankeny
Lyman Montague
West Point
E. Ordway
Robt. Jones
If. Diemer
C. N. Bently
D. Brigham
J. Mansburg
Oscar Taylor
T. Weibezahm
Dixon
Weibezahm
H. Bratherton
William Hunt
H. H. Macafee
Robi Jones
F. Scott
John Burrell
F. C. Gatliff
Mr. T. Erwing
T. Smith
Reuben Baab
J. Mayer & Sons
Adam Roth
A. B. Hersey
J. Swanzey
T. Erwin
W.G. Woodruff
H. Brotherton
J. Gift
H. H. McAfee
Messrs
J. S. Brubaker
Robi. Jones
D. E. Sunderland
Ella E. Witter
W. M. Newell
F. E. Dakin
W. G. Waddell
Wm. Swanzey
M. L. Freeman
H.H. McAfee
T. C. Gatliff
T. Ewing
J. H. Witter
Miss Leighman
Neff& Swartz
Jacob Krohn
A. I. Broad
W. H. Lynn
W. RR. Walton
C. Knecht
Thomas Ryan
Robertson & Co
Anna Barfoot
J. Eastgate
Ellen Watson
M E. Vought
T.e
Ray Billy
Douglas
Buckskin
Wm. Hodges
R. Jackson
Stephen A. Douglas
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Hastings
Addy
Stearns
Barns
Lucky
Wheefer
Lawrence
King
Forest City
Sir Frederick Bruce
Boston
Irelnd
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
United States
Podunk
Texas
Chautauqua County
New York State
Towa
Amherst College
Tom Taylor
Clapham Junction
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